FETE OF TWIST

摘要

Amid the retail frenzy of Birmingham's Bullring Shopping Centre, it is refreshing to come across the elegant, shell-like spiral of copper that is the Spiral Cafe. Designed by Marks Barfield Architects, it is only 60m~2, small enough to be viewed as a piece of sculpture in its own right, yet large enough to allow shoppers to sit comfortably and enjoy the view. The cafe flanks the curved walkway that runs along the western side of St Martin's Square, a new space that links the new shops and central boulevard, including the Selfridges store by Future Systems, to Edgbaston Street, stepping down in a series of wide terraces to St Martin's Church.